Garbage truck



Dec. 6, 1927.

c. H. HAMILTON GARBAGE TRUCK Filed-Oct. 16. 1925 Patented Dec. 6, 1927..

GARBAGE TRUCK;

7 Application filed October 15, 1926. Serial No. 141,899.

l6.- This inventionfrelates to'improvements in garbage trucks orxcarts Iand more particularlyto means for closing the top of the truck. -.I Oneof. ,the objects of my invention i t o 5 provide. a simple, efficientand inexpensive device'of this character that .will make the usualjgarbage truck more sanitary than it now is, and at the same time permitthe -top as possible. QAnother object of my invention is to pro-, videinagarbage truck means for operating the means forclosing the top of.thegarbage truck consistingof flexible members.

' In the use 0f my invention two covers are provided forclosing theeffective length of the top of the truck, and the means for raise ing ormoving them to open position assures that the two covers willi'movetogether at all times.

- Today the conventional garbage truck has no cover or closure with theresult that as the garbage matter accumulates therein a preferablyconcavo-convexin cross-section for the purpose of assuring that thecovers will be unseated vertically in a plane with the longitudinal axisof the truck body,

thereby allowing the attendants at either side ofv the truckto have thefreest range of movement to dump garbage onto the truck without thecovers being in'the way.

Another object of my invention is to assure that when the covers areraised for uncovering the truck body that the covers will be held inraised position at an inclination, and as these covers areconcavo-convex the garbage that may enter any of the covers will bedeflected downwardly into the truck body itself and will not cling ontothe covers themselves. I

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in thecombination, arrangement and details of construction dis- I and thenmore particularly pointed out in e the appended claims.

In the drawings, which are merely illustrative ofmy invention andwherein similar ofthe truck to be uncovered as expeditiously closed inthe drawings and specifications,

reference numerals designate similar'parts thruout the respectiveviews,1.? 1,; Figure 1 is "a side-elevation of myinven-i. tion, fl

- Figure 2'is a view similar to Figure lz=but showing the covers inraised'position. a Y

Figure 3 is a view'of my inventionrloo'k ing from the front, the devicebeingpraisedr Figure 4c is a fragmental detailT'persPecs. tive view ofmyinvention showing-the Vile: rious parts thereof. 1-111- In the drawings,10 designates the garbage truck or cart which may beef anyidesirableshape and construction having the forwardly projecting and inclined'wall11, asyis usual with this type of garbage trucks. I. pro-Z vide two ormore covers to close the vehicle 17:3 body, the opposing walls ofthelatter being designated 10", and .10 I f a if Two covers aredesignated 12 and 13, and are preferably formed concavo-convex incross-section so that when the covers are properly applied in positionthe covers will assume the form of a hood extending the entire fulllength of the top of the truck as appears from Figure 1 showing thecovers in closed position. Cover 12 is suitably hinged at a centralpoint upon and against an arched strap or frame 25 the opposing endsofwhich'are secured upon the top edges of the'vehicle or garbage truckbody 10, and this cover is formed upon opposite longitudinal edges withbase flanges .20" abutting the top edges of the vehicle body when'thecover is in closed position. Similarly cover 13 is formed with opposingmarginal base flanges 21 and is hinged upon a movablearched-shaped bail22 having its terminals trunnioned in brackets 23 secured eXteriorly. ofthe body 10. 'A flexible member Such as a cord 1418 connected at one endto the staple 15 secured upon the outer front side of cover 12, while atits opposite end the same cord is connected to a staple or like element17 secured upon the inner side and front end of cover 13. Thus the twocovers are connected together for unison movement by means of'the rope14. Secured to the stop 17 on the outside sur face and at the front ofcover 13 is a flexible element or rope 18 of a sufficient length toextend longitudinally down the said'cover fonARLns -i. AMILTON, or LOSanenrnsronmronnin, I i

to the point of location of a suitable and desirable catch 24 secured tothe back wall of the truck body 10. Thus the operator can control bothcovers in their joint swinging movement simply by taking hold of therope 18 and pulling upon the same which act raises'the covers together,cover 13 raising, and thru the instrumentality of pull rope 14, cover 12also raising and lifting, and when bothcovers have been raised to thedesirable point then the rope 18' is taken and wound around the catch24, thus securing the covers in fixed raised position shown in Figure 4.In this position of the parts it will be seen that the entire inside ofthe truck body is exposed to the deposit of garbage which is thrown intothe body as'same is emptied from pails or buckets or cans,

should any garbage be thrown against the covers the inclination of thesame will allow the garbage to fall down into the body directly. Toassist in holding the covers in closed position so as not to jar orrattle when thevehicle is in use, springs 80 may be employed toadvantage, that will be tensioned in the act of raising the covers toopen po sition. Each cover is reinforced by means of longitudinalbattens 27, 28 and transverse battens 28, 28*, the latter beingpreferably concavo-convex as they engage the concavoconvex portions ofthese covers;

I do not mean to limit myself to the exact variations within the claims.

What I desire to claim and ters Patent is 1. A garbage truck having twocovers pivotally connected thereto, one in advance of the other,separate frames upon which said covers move pivotally, a flexibleconnection connecting both covers, and a flexible connection attached toone cover for actuating the opening and closing the same.

2. A device as described consisting of a; vehicle body, twoarched-shaped frames secured in spaced apart relation upon the top edgesof said body so as to bridge'the space of the body, a pair of covers;each hinged upon one of said frames so as to move to open or closedposition, means whereby both covers move as one cover is moved, andflexible means for actuating one cover.

3. As a new article of manufacture a pair of frames attachable to avehicle body to extend across the same, a. pair of concavo convex covershinged upon said frames for swinging movement to close said body, andmeans for moving both covers at the same time. a

In witness whereof he has hereunto set his hand this twenty first day ofAugust, 1926.

' CHARLESH. HAMILTON.

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